A stabbing pain in his chest, near where that first bullet had struck him all those years ago, stole his breath, almost staggering him. By the time sh... took her second step, he was nearly choking on bitterness."No!" His hand shot out, dragging her back. Clasping both her upper arms, he held her to him, his face only inches from hers. "I'm your husband, not that guy you're trying so hard to remember. I'm the one you're being unfaithful to." Take your hands off me, Niko," she demanded calmly.. I think she might have been the one who tried to pull Katie Couric's blouse off to prove she had the word "Liberal" tattooed on her breast, but maybe that was someone else. Anyway, she was a popular conservative back in the '90s and the '00s. Most of our clients, of course, grew up then. So the majority of the requests we get are from celebrities from that era. Here, the guy just wanted a chance to seduce her. Nothing non-con about it. Of course, she'll have to tell him he's the greatest lover. You haven't been a centaur long, have you?" "No," Robert admitted. "I only changed a couple of days ago." "And they let you out of the transformation institute that quickly?" Sarah asked in amazement. Robert realized his error, but he could hardly change his story now. "I insisted. How long have you been a centaur, if you don't mind me asking." "Not at all. I was among the first batch of people to undergo the process, four years ago. Best decision I ever made." They stood for a few more. A neutral voiceover stated thus, the stakes, and what they were to do. ‘Exclusive footage?’ ‘Yep, ten mobile cameras at ground zero.’ ‘Or we could turn it over to the feds.’ Snorts adlib. ‘Think of the lives…’ A measured pause. ‘Think of the ratings.’ They logged on, as instructed, to the encrypted and secure chat-room. There were two other users in the room, ‘joes_rib_palace’, and the other, whom they rightly presumed to be the device-owner, under the nom de plume ‘hot_mustard’. He welcomed.